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Te Aroha News, Volume XII, Issue 1761, 21 August 1895, Page 2

An Old Time Industry. The oldest cottage Industry of England is pillow lace making, which dates from the sxteenth century. It h# flourish# and languished by fits and starts, aoc&rding by the encouragement lent by the royalty and others of high estate. At.the present data > making has toagreatewentglvettway he making of what is sailed gimp, «f sementerio, of color# silks, fctesolyeto. lacei to thei passementerie, combined with beads. The lace maker of olden dcyo rated to Kit ip a little room known w- the lees room, near the basement window, with tor feet on a small earthen pan containing hot wood ashes in winter, end when daylight felled she had a clumsy holder in tzMch was stuck a long rush, gathered fay the ehildma to summer, dried and dipped fa eay little household grease she could spare <X fesgt but these contrivances arc oat of dab* now* and paraffin reigna supremo, to country hair and Sometime® her pillow rested to hex ample km sometimes ce » light stand. Most of the bobbins wenadf white beech wood, but some were of boa or oak, and weighted at the lower end with multicolored beads, which caused tb«a»to be called jingle bobbins. The tracing e§ patterns on parchment was a business by itself, and the laoe trade ttos to the haaseb of dealers, from whom the women bought their thread-, silk and pins, payment fofr which waa deducted when they sold thefir finished lace at prices undreamed of bv those who paid tenfold aa mndh for It oA » fashionable shop. :>

Having leased the Celebrated Trottiag Stallion, BALDERDASH. : H R will be at the service of Breeders in the Te Aroha-Thames District tfIJS coming I.WMUU, D J nri 11 An„ well to'see this:grand Horse before booking their Mares. V THOS. HISLOP, Cambiidge. August 19th, 1895. JUNKS & SANDBItSOI, AUCTIONEERS, ACCOUNTANTS, LAND, MINING, AND ' COMMISSION AGENTS, Te Aroha> Paeroa- and WaiM. CLEARING SALE OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, ETC. . JONES & SANDERSON WILL SELL AT PUBLIC HALL i On Saturday, August 24* ~t ry CHAIRS, 3 Couches, 4 Tables, A. LX Springbed, 1 Churn, 1 Stove, Wirenetting, 3Varandah Forms, 2 Garden Shovels, 3 Wheelbarrows, 1 Pair of Steps, 2 Large Pickle Jars, Galvanised IroD, S' Iron Bedsteads, I Perambulator, % Cradle, Pumpkins and Marrows, 4 Lamps, 1 Side Saddle, 1 Gents’ Saddle, 1 Set of Harness, 1 Plough, Set of Swiugletrees, 2.Horses, 1 Cow, 2 Yearling Steers, Pigs, Turkeys, Geese, etc. NO RESERVE. UCTIONS conducted in any part of the district, and Commissions faithfully carried out. : - Entries can be left with Mr F-? Tange, Agent for Jones and Sanderson. E. P/ JON EB, Auctioneer. PTAKO COUNTY. w Annual Balance-sheet of the County of Piako will be OPEN FOR INSPECTION at the Office of the said County at - Morrinsville, on THURSDAYS in each week, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. for a period of thirty days from the date hereof. , PETER GILCHRIST, ■ Gounty Clerk. Morrinsville, 10th August, 1895. * PRELIMINARY NOTICE. PERFECTION. THE well-known and celebrated imported Norfolk Stallion “PERFECTION” will travel the Waihou, Te Aroha, and Ohinemuri districts this Season. r— . Full particulars, dates, etc., fo be announced. . T. .BRADLEY, MeadowWnk.